“Return To The Hill” DH Story and Results
It was dry, fast and really dusty. Intense/Crankbrothers’ Pro Bryn Atkinson and Speedy Beaver’s Dawn Fidler take the pro classes as Fluidride’s/Evil Luciano Worl takes the Junior Expert titles home. Several racers traveled the distance to race the now famous ‘Dry Hill’ trails located in beautiful Port Angeles WA and nobody left with a grumpy face. Well, maybe Kona’s photographer who sustained a wicked torn up knee injury walking down the course was the only one…
Photo’s by Carl Warren, Doug Snowdon and …

Whiteface 5 K Downhill is on August 29 & 30. This year we will have a pro seeding run 1st thing on Sunday morning. All pros will qualify as this seeding run only determines their starting position.

From now until August 29th we have got crazy good deals on full-suspension bikes and pimpin’ clothing! Come on in and check out the sweet deals from Santa Cruz, Trek, Yeti, Devinci, Gary Fisher and Transition. We’ve also got clothing from Oakley, Troy Lee Designs, Dakine and Sombrio on sale.
Read on to check out some of the deals or stop by 1414 Center Street North, Calgary Alberta.

Naked Bikes: Beautifully crafted frames hand built by the fastest rider in the world.
The first thing you might notice about Sam’s shop is that it’s just a shop - there’s no computer-controlled machinery, no boomboxes croaking out death metal in the shipping department, no hermetically-sealed spray booths. This is a place where a craftsman builds rideable works of art, one step at a time.
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Source: Baldface Lodge
Last year 67 amazing riders braved heat, altitude, physical, mechanical, and mental breakdowns in a poker ride like no other! One lucky lad came up with the best poker hand (full house, Aces high) to win a sweet New Year’s powder skiing trip at Baldface Lodge. The other 66 lucky souls were treated to fantastic swag bags, prizes, a delicious BBQ and a heck of a fun day. The event is a fundraiser for the Nelson Cycling Club, and with all the trails around Nelson and the amount …

Words by Eric Palmer
I’d like to get into & explain shooting in RAW & it’s ups & downs, strobism, which is basically the use of off camera flashes & how they handle in different light situations & how I go about deciding on what camera settings to use, processing, composition & a bit of my philosophy & way I approach my subject.
Click here for the second installment of Through the Lens with Eric Palmer…

It saddens me to share with you the loss of a giant in the bike community. On Tuesday, August 25th, my best friend and riding partner of the past 10 years passed away at the ripe old age of 15.
Over the past years, Harley had quietly amassed a body of work that rivals that of the great riding stars of our time. Her resume includes more appearances in bike media than I can possibly remember, but some of her more memorable appearances include multiple appearances in North Shore …

British Cycling and Manchester City Council, in partnership with New East Manchester, are putting final touches to an ambitious plan to build a £24 million National Indoor BMX Centre in Manchester’s Sportcity in a bid to secure a world class BMX training facility for the GB Cycling Team and boost Manchester s position as the home of British Cycling.
If new plans for the National Cycling Center go through and funding is approved, the 110,000 square foot building will be the world’s first purpose built indoor BMX track. It will sit …

Source: Sun Peaks
Four Hundred Racers Compete at Canada Cup and BC Cup Downhill and Cross Country Finals
Chayse Marshall heads to World Championships in Australia
A shifting problem and a crash on the downhill course didn’t stop Sun Peaks sponsored rider Chayse Marshall from pinning it down the Canada Cup DH Course in less than four minutes over the weekend during the championship event.

The Slopestyle contest at Crankworx Whistler went off this year with Greg Watts upsetting Semenuk for the win, ending his 5 contest unbeaten streak. You all had a chance to assemble a Slopestyle fantasy team and with over 11,500 fantasy teams created, we crowned 8 winners to share the prize loot!
Check out who won and what they are taking home inside!